Erin Noon Kay is the CEO & Founder of Claiming Disability LLC. She talks to Keith about her podcast journey, Disability Pride, all the partnerships her podcast works with and her advising work. She talks about the importance of Disability Pride and celebrating disabilities in the everyday. Keith and Erin talk about their struggles and their achievements, and how she has paved her future to be so different from her past. “We need to make space for all people to talk about their struggles and create safe spaces,” Erin said.
Erin identifies a “fierce disabled entrepreneurial woman,” with Cerebral Palsy. She uses a walker and wheelchair occasionally, but she believes it’s “OK” to look disabled and is working hard to bring representation for disability in film and everyday culture through media projects and disability related content. She believes “disabled,” is NOT is a bad word, but a badge of honor, a beautiful community, a culture. She has worked in the non-profit, governmental, and business sector for over 10 years.
Now, Claiming Disability, is connected to over 35k disability advocates from around the world, including Jim Lebrecht and Nicole Newnham, the Directors/Executive Producers of Crip Camp. A groundbreaking summer camp galvanizes a group of teens with disabilities to help build a movement, forging a new path toward greater equality.
Claiming Disability wants to spread our messages of empowerment and compassion. We believe that a single action can make a difference in the community, and that shared experiences can greatly impact inclusion. Through advocacy and outreach activities, our team and our community of supporters works to embrace diversity and disability as an asset toward the greater good.
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Disability Empowerment Now is produced by Pascal Albright.
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